Amateurs and War Buffs study tactics and strategies, Generals study logistics. In CN there is only one item that counts and that is $$. GW3 was the last war where Banks had the ability to influence the outcome. Shortly there afterward it was all about having large enough warchests. Money can be instantly turned into NS, you can buy infra, tanks, CM's, tech etc. That all adds to your NS. Money is hidden nation strength. No one knows how much any alliance has in cash reserves not even their own alliance. The key to winning a war now is to not run out of money. Placing nations into Peace Mode is not to protect them from attack but to allow them to attack their opponent at precisely the time they need to collect taxes while not in anarchy.
So it's the logistics of supplying nations capable of preventing the other side from collecting revenue efficiently that drives the winning strategy. It takes tremendous discipline to manage the logistics of causing your enemy the most monetary damage while suffering the least in return. With 5,000 nations fighting so far, it appears that no one has the leadership to install the discipline necessary. Each side appears to be moving forward hoping the other side runs out of money first without understanding exactly how to guarantee it.
All the stats showing who is losing NS faster are pretty much meaningless unless you know how much hidden NS they have available in their Warchests. My guess is it will take 6-8 weeks of fighting before nations start running low on money. So yeah I agree with you, you can do your quad update attacks on day 1 of your war. As far as determining who will be victorious they are pretty much meaningless. In fact some alliances have realized this and for the first time we are seeing numerous DoW's and attacks take place in the middle of the day.
If the sides are evenly matched whoever can manage to install the discipline on their side to reduce losses and I am talking $$ not NS while inflicting the most $$ loses will eventually win. Now it is just a question of whether both sides want to drag this on that long.
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Amateurs and War Buffs study tactics and strategies, Generals study logistics. In CN there is only one item that counts and that is $$. GW3 was the last war where Banks had the ability to influence the outcome. Shortly there afterward it was all about having large enough warchests. Money can be instantly turned into NS, you can buy infra, tanks, CM's, tech etc. That all adds to your NS. Money is hidden nation strength. No one knows how much any alliance has in cash reserves not even their own alliance. The key to winning a war now is to not run out of money. Placing nations into Peace Mode is not to protect them from attack but to allow them to attack their opponent at precisely the time they need to collect taxes while not in anarchy.
So it's the logistics of supplying nations capable of preventing the other side from collecting revenue efficiently that drives the winning strategy. It takes tremendous discipline to manage the logistics of causing your enemy the most monetary damage while suffering the least in return. With 5,000 nations fighting so far, it appears that no one has the leadership to install the discipline necessary. Each side appears to be moving forward hoping the other side runs out of money first without understanding exactly how to guarantee it.
All the stats showing who is losing NS faster are pretty much meaningless unless you know how much hidden NS they have available in their Warchests. My guess is it will take 6-8 weeks of fighting before nations start running low on money. So yeah I agree with you, you can do your quad update attacks on day 1 of your war. As far as determining who will be victorious they are pretty much meaningless. In fact some alliances have realized this and for the first time we are seeing numerous DoW's and attacks take place in the middle of the day.
If the sides are evenly matched whoever can manage to install the discipline on their side to reduce losses and I am talking $$ not NS while inflicting the most $$ loses will eventually win. Now it is just a question of whether both sides want to drag this on that long.